Title: Parents' DayType: FicPrompter: rayvyn2kCreator: willibaldBeta(s): eoforythRating: G(Highlight to View) Warning(s): Epilogue compliant.(Highlight to View) Prompt: Snape was poisoned by Nagini's bite ala "Sleeping Beauty." Hermione is not going to wait one hundred years for him to awaken.Summary: Parents' Day should be a time for families to be together enjoying the wonders of Hogwarts, but Hermione finds herself alone with her thoughts—and someone else's.

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Title: Potions and ProprietyType: FicPrompter: Anonymous FiveCreator: hiddenhibernianBeta(s): williamsnickersRating: PG(Highlight to View) Warning(s): None.(Highlight to View) Prompt: Severus, tutor to a spoilt young lord taking the Grand Tour, falls in love with Hermione, paid companion of the demanding lady with whom Severus' master is currently amusing himself (SS/HG).Note: This was difficult to write. Very difficult. I thought hours upon hours of reading Georgette Heyer had prepared me for the task, but boy, was I wrong. williamsnickers was an amazing beta and bears no responsibility for any social solipsisms committed by the characters.Summary: For a well-bred British wizard, a Grand Tour is essential to complete one's education. Severus has been entrusted with the unenviable task of ensuring Draco Malfoy completes his travels unscathed. When they encounter the lovely Lady Heloïse and her unremarkable companion in Venice, the undertaking becomes almost impossible.

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Title: Freudian RobesType: FicPrompter: dreamy_dragon73Creator: iqeretRating: R(Highlight to View) Warning(s): None.(Highlight to View) Prompt: We all know that Severus loves to wear black. That hasn't changed after the war (maybe he's finally realised that the brooding-black-bat look makes him rather popular with the ladies?), but how and why did one of his black robes end up in Hermione's wardrobe?Summary: Ginny finds a certain set of robes in Hermione's wardrobe, which leads to a confrontation between The Black Bat and The Golden Girl. It does not, however, go quite as might be expected—or as Ginny might have hoped.

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Title: Finding A VoiceType: FicPrompter: themightyflynnCreator: jaxomsrideBeta(s): reynardo and her Partner in CrimeRating: PG-13(Highlight to View) Warning(s): Swearing.(Highlight to View) Prompt: Severus' vocal cords were damaged by Nagini's attack. The one person capable of putting up with his foul moods and temper tantrums is Hermione, who is tasked with helping him learn to speak again (SS/HG).Note: Thanks to the betas whose help was greatly appreciated.Summary: Hermione is appointed Severus' Healer and suggests a novel course of treatment.

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Title: A Fortunate ManType: FicPrompter: eoforythCreator: slbb_ljBeta(s): jpvRating: PG-13(Highlight to View) Warning(s): Pregnancy Loss (in the past).(Highlight to View) Prompt: Severus invites Hermione to a secluded picnic spot, where she realises she is not so much a guest as bait for a spot of ingredients collection (SS/HG or SS & HG).Summary: Severus hopes a potion will provide a little reassurance for Hermione—and himself.

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Title: Unexpected DaddyType: FicPrompter: Anonymous SixCreator: stronghermione1Beta(s): NoggiesRating: G(Highlight to View) Warning(s): None.(Highlight to View) Prompt: How you get here is up to you, but the situation is this: Severus has never had any romantic feelings for Hermione, which is good because, when she's somehow permanently de-aged, he's the one who ends up having to raise her (SS & HG)..Summary: How did Severus find himself with a child? And not just any child, but Hermione Granger… aged three!

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Title: Woven ThreadsType: ArtPrompter: eoforythCreator: kerravonsenRating: G(Highlight to View) Warning(s): None.(Highlight to View) Prompt: Threads. As light as gossamer or spun into a thread; holding things together at the seams; yarn woven into a tapestry or the warmest blanket; twisted into string, a cord, a rope. Threads of memory or of hair. Loose threads..Note: I did say I had too many ideas for this prompt. And here I'm waxing lyrical about braided cord.Summary: "A cord of three strands is not easily broken."

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Title: Interlocking LivesType: ArtPrompter: eoforythCreator: kerravonsenRating: G(Highlight to View) Warning(s): None.(Highlight to View) Prompt: Threads. As light as gossamer or spun into a thread; holding things together at the seams; yarn woven into a tapestry or the warmest blanket; twisted into string, a cord, a rope. Threads of memory or of hair. Loose threads.Note: I had too many ideas for this prompt. This is one of them.Summary: Severus is dark and twisty. Hermione is bright and bold. And yet they fit together.

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Title: Good IntentionsType: FicPrompter: stronghermione1Creator: articcat621Beta(s): xxdustnight88Rating: PG-13(Highlight to View) Warning(s): Amortentia Use, Mild Language and Suggestive Themes.(Highlight to View) Prompt: He meant well when he slipped a targeted love potion into Hermione and Severus' drinks. He had no clue they were already in love.Note: I hope everyone enjoys!Summary: Draco tries to end their bickering, but his plan backfires.

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Title: Speed DatingType: FicPrompter: iqeretCreator: blueartemis07Beta(s): roseofthewestRating: PG(Highlight to View) Warning(s): None.(Highlight to View) Prompt: Having reached the advanced old age of twenty-five without marrying, Hermione finds herself subject to the mandatory wizard custom of speed dating—which in the magical world involves living with various wizards for short periods of time (at least a week, maybe longer). After a number of failed attempts, Hermione is matched with Severus, and… (HG/SS, also NO non-con, please).Summary: Hermione has yet to find her match in many ways, but leave it to the Wizarding World to force the issue.

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Unless we made other arrangements, yesterday was Deadline Day at the sshg_promptfest. Creators, expect your previews soon!

Prompt claiming is open again!

Prompt claiming is open again from today through 30 June for member-watchers of the community who didn't miss the first deadline and don't currently have an extended one. If you claim a prompt during this second round of claiming, your deadline will be 30 June (unless we arrange an extension). Artists? The sshg_promptfest needs you! (But we want anyone who believes that a 30 June deadline is possible!)

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P.S. Prompt claiming is ongoing through 30 April (which is the deadline to claim a second prompt after contributing your first fan work). :D

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13 creators have claimed prompts at the sshg_promptfest! It looks like we're in for an intimate fest of fic. *twirls*

Prompt claiming is ongoing through 30 March 30 April (which is the deadline for selecting a second prompt), so if you know anyone who'd be interested in playing with us, encourage them to join and watch the sshg_promptfest and claim one of the 237 remaining art and fic prompts. :D

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Your deadline is 31 May. If you contribute your first work before 30 April, you may select a second prompt with the same deadline.

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